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Why not install the drive into your current setup, install the driver, =
backup your current setup with the new driver installed. Restore to the =
new drive and remove IDE drive and reboot. You will probably have to =
edit your boot.ini file though as NT treats IDE and SCSI differently. =
I'm only running SCSI so I can't help you with the changes. Also you =
need to get the boot sector right on the new drive to boot NT.
Kurt A. Butzin, DDS Molarnet Technologies, Inc
President 1936 Bay Street
kurt@molar.net Saginaw, MI 48602
http://www.molar.net
Authorized iPSwitch WebVar (http://www.molar.net/ipswitch/index.html)
-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Waldron <dan@diversified.com.au>
To: ntisp@emerald.iea.com <ntisp@emerald.iea.com>
Date: Tuesday, March 10, 1998 7:28 PM
Subject: Am I goign to have a bad weekend?
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I have a NT 4 SP3 server running a Quantum Big Foot IDE HD which I'm =
pulling out on Sunday morning to replace with one of these lovely new =
Seagate Ultra 2 Wide SCSI drives hanging off an Adaptec 2940U2W PCI =
controller.
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When I went to install the SCSI drive in an empty PC, NT's setup =
does not support the controller, and a driver must be added during set =
up, or a STOP error "BOOT_DEVICE_NOT_ACCESSIBLE" occurs.
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Once I've installed the new disk, I'll be restoring a tape backup =
with registry to go back online.=20
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My question is how am I going to go rebooting after restoring my OLD =
NT setup, which *doesn't* have the driver installed? Do you think it =
will work if I:
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1. Install the 2940U2W driver in my current setup,
2. Without rebooting, backup,
3. Remove the IDE drive and install teh SCSI drive
4. Restore the backup
5. Reboot
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I think this may very well work, but I'm not sure. As a sideline, =
this seems like a bloody fast drive.
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Rgds
Dan
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Dan Waldron
Diversified Data
dan@diversified.com.au
http://www.diversified.com.au
Ph: 0417-659-828 (+61-417-659-828)
Fx: 02-9832-0951 (+61-2-9832-0951)
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I have a NT 4 SP3 =server running a=20 Quantum Big Foot IDE HD which I'm pulling out on Sunday morning to =replace=20 with one of these lovely new Seagate Ultra 2 Wide SCSI drives =hanging off an=20 Adaptec 2940U2W PCI controller.
When I went to install the =SCSI drive=20 in an empty PC, NT's setup does not support the controller, and a =driver=20 must be added during set up, or a STOP error=20 "BOOT_DEVICE_NOT_ACCESSIBLE" occurs.
Once I've =installed=20 the new disk, I'll be restoring a tape backup with registry to go =back=20 online.
My question is how am I going to go rebooting after=20 restoring my OLD NT setup, which *doesn't* have the driver =installed? Do you=20 think it will work if I:
1. Install the 2940U2W driver in my =current=20 setup,
2. Without rebooting, backup,
3. Remove the IDE drive =and=20 install teh SCSI drive
4. Restore the backup
5. =Reboot
I think=20 this may very well work, but I'm not sure. As a sideline, this seems =like a=20 bloody fast=20 =drive.
Rgds
Dan
-------------------------------------------<=BR>Dan=20 Waldron
Diversified Data
Ph: 0417-659-828 (+61-417-659-828)
Fx: =02-9832-0951=20 =(+61-2-9832-0951)